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Comparing W. E. B. Du Bois And Booker T. Washington

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W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington “I never thought Washington was a bad man. I believed him to be sincere, though wrong” (McGill). W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington had the same goal for the black community in the late 19th and early 20th centuries but they both went about it in different ways. Du Bois and Washington wanted civil rights for all blacks but W.E.B. Du Bois believed that blacks were already owed their civil rights whereas Booker T. Washington believed that blacks should work hard to earn respect among whites and earn their civil rights that way. W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington both wanted equality for blacks in America. They both dedicated the majority of their lives to the cause but their differences in background
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